About 40 Whatever

BFF's Bad Kitty of Wishbone Clover and Stefania of CityMama are turning 40 this year and we're milking it to death, just like Jennifer Aniston. Will John Mayer write us a special 40th birthday song? No? Whatever.

05/26/2009

UR doin' it cougar: Brooke Shields

Look at the hotness that is the photo above. Yes, that really is Brooke Shields with her hand in some 19-year-old's crack.

Brooke Shields has always been like an older sister to me. An older sister that I idolized. I'm not going to lie, I have loved her since:

My mom dropped me and my older cousin off at the movie theater to see Blue Lagoon. (It was 1980 and I was 11. What was she thinking?)

Her iconic Calvin Klein ads.

Her anti-smoking ad with the cigarettes sticking out of her ears. (I don't smoke, and that ad probably had a lot to do with it.)

She graduated from Princeton (talk about an excellent role model).

She came out from under her controlling mother's wings and acknowledged and forgave her for making some questionable career choices on her behalf.

She refused to tame her wild brows even when everyone was plucking them into non-existence in the 90s.

She took on that total douchebagasaurus Tom Cruise over the issue of post-partum depression.

Brooke Shields, your new photo shoot rulz. And as a mother of two, who acts her age (even if she doesn't look it), you are still an excellent role model. You do 40whatever well, but then again, I knew you would.

40 Whatever Approved

Things to Do When We're 40 (The Not Bucket List)

A barbecue tour of the South

We'll start in the Carolinas and end in Texas and sample the best barbecue America has to offer. Why? Because we like meat.

Hotel Living

We like: mini bars, movies, and lounging around in our pajamas with our laptops right where they are supposed to be. We'll bring running shoes to pretend like we're going to work out, but really, who are we kidding. You see where this is going?

Knock some sense into dumb people

We'd love to be the camp counselors on a show like the Real World or Rock of Love.

Eating Dinner in a Vineyard While the Sun Sets

You know those scenes of a dining table set in a Tuscan or Sonoma vineyard dressed with beautiful linens and people sitting around it drinking wine and eating and laughing while the sun goes down? We want to be those people.

Yoga Retreat in New Mexico

Some of our fondest memories are of spending time doing yoga together. Do other wannabe yoginis spend the entire class laughing together? We do.